Questions tagged [pokemon]
Pokémon Trading Card Game is a two-player trading card game based on the popular franchise. Players select Pokémon, who have various types and abilities, and try to defeat the opponent's Pokémon. Trainer cards provide various supporting and disrupting effects. Energy cards are this game's resource system and are needed to use a Pokémon's attacks. Cards in play are always face-up.
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Is there a way to rate Pokemon decks so that players can be evenly matched?
I took the kids to a local game store for a casual pokemon tournament. I was disappointed to see the vastly superior decks the other players had built. Every pokemon in their decks was V, Vmax, V-Star,...
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How does Flame Charge in Larvesta work?
I don't understand the instruction for this attack. It seems to require one fire energy card (icon on the left), and it also says "find one fire energy card and attach it to this pokemon", ...
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Can I fail Raihan's search even if I have cards in my deck?
Raihan. If no cards in my deck can I play a raihan. I still attach the energy from the discard pile but I don’t want to grab a card from the deck is this allowed. Can I fail grabbing a card from the ...
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In Pokemon, what is a V card?
So for my birthday, my father got me a new Pokemon card set that you can get at Walmart. The card set he got me was a Venisaur V, but I don't necessarily know what the V means. Is it a better version ...
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Cramorant damage multiplier question
I am new to Pokemon TCG. My kid and I are falling in love with it, but I get confused about some things.
Cramorant has an attack that says:
Continious Gulp Missile 60×, you can discard Arrokuda from ...
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Does Lapras attack "Aqua Bullet" attack both Active and Benched Poémon?
I have Lapras pokémon with Aqua Bullet attack with bold 20 damage amount with description:
This attack does 20 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon.
(Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for ...
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Should A Big Parasol on a Decidueye Protect me from Dragapult VMAX Shred
Can anyone help clear up an discussion I'm having with my son as to whether a big parasol stops a dragapult's shred getting through Deep Forest Camo.
The Text on Decidueye's Deep Forest Camo ability ...
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Pokemon TCG Starting Decks
My son and I are new to Pokemon TCG. We purchased the Pokémon Trading Card Game Battle Academy and have been enjoying it. It came with three complete decks: electric, fire, and psychic. Each one came ...
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Does Altaria GX Euphoria Attack heal Knocked Out Pokemon?
I am playing Pokemon TCG with my kids. My son has the Altaria GX card. The GX Attack is Euphoria GX which states "...Heal all damage from all of your Pokemon." Does the healing effect ...
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Does sleep status and paralyze remove confuse?
Let's suppose I make the opponent's pokemon confuse, then after that I use an attack that would make it sleep, or paralyze, does it removes the confuse status? And if so, does it remove poison and ...
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Acerola Supporter card effect
Put 1 of your pokemon that has any damage counters on it and all cards attached to it into your hand.
Does this mean I can move my active pokemon which has damage on it straight into my hand?
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Pokemon tcg knock out attacks versus effects
Is the Amazing Destruction (Yveltal) knock out an effect or part of the attack?
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How long are trading cards expected to last?
I am trying to make my Pokémon cards last for as long as possible, so I am storing them in soft sleeves and then again in hard sleeves. These hard sleeves are kept in a shoebox.
I know that old paper ...
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Rule guidance on Defending Pokemon
The Absol Doom News attack states that the Defending Pokemon is knocked out at the end of the Opponent's turn. If the Active Pokemon is switched, does the Defending Pokemon stay the same, or does the ...
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Damage using Professor Kukui in Pokemon TCG
Professor Kukui adds 20 damage to the Active Pokemon during an attack. Does this still occur if you attack a benched Pokemon? I know it shouldn't be added on if you poison the Active Pokemon as this ...
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In Pokemon, is the 'Attack' action the last action that is performed on your turn?
Is the 'Attack' action the last action you take during your turn or can you take other actions after this is done?
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can i have multiple copies of a single pokemon?
i was looking to build an Eevee deck for my niece, who is really into pokemon tcg at the moment- and i know you can only have 4 copies of any card, but saw somewhere that the exception is if it is a ...
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Do I take two prize cards when a Pokemon-EX is discarded?
When using the Cursed Shovel trainer card and you remove two cards from your opponent’s deck, if one of the discarded cards is a Mega Mewtwo EX, does it entitle me to take two prize cards?
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Establishing number of secret Pokemon cards per quarterly release
How is it ever proven or demonstrated as to the final number of secret Pokemon cards in a series? These are the cards that are numbered higher than the set number e.g. 194/192 and tend to be holos, ...
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Poisoning as an attack in Pokemon TCG
The item card Bent Spoon prevents all effects of attacks apart from damage. Toxapex GX had an attack that causes 100 damage instead of 10 between turns. Does this damage class as an effect of an ...
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How do you identify what series a Pokemon card is from?
Just from looking at the Pokemon card, is it possible to determine what series the card is from e.g. Hidden Fates, Steam Siege etc.? The copyright states the year but not which release quarter the ...
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When you return an evolved pokemon to your hand, and you put it back into play, do you have to evolve the pokemon again?
For example, when amoonguss is returned to the hand, and you take it's stage one devolved form with it (foongus), and then you want to put it back into play, do you place amoonguss back in, or foongus?...
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Does damage of Echoed Voice (Toucannon SUM) increment each turn?
My brother and I were playing another round of Pokémon TCG, and we encountered an argument that we can't solve involving Toucannon's Echoed Voice attack.
Me: Echoed Voice does 60 damage on the first ...
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What is the use of the return label in Pokémon TCG?
In the image below, the trainer card "Return Label" states that you can put a card from your opponent's discard pile on the bottom of their deck.
What is the use of this card?
You wouldn't want your ...
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Can you have the same Pokemon with different names [duplicate]
I was thinking about a character in the TV show during one episode of sun and moon Ash meets a trainer who just loves Pikachu and I wanted to make a deck baced on her so I understand you can only have ...
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Rules or constraints for assembling the cards in your Pokemon deck
Trying to learn Pokemon TCG. My understanding is that, as a Pokemon TCG player, its your responsibility to assemble your own deck (stack of Pokemon cards) prior to coming to the game/match/fight/...
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Can Mewto and Mew Tag Team GX's Perfection ability be prevented from using by using Golduck's amnesia attack?
In Pokemon tcg, I got a card named "Mewto and Mew GX", and the "Perfection" ability looks cool. But when I put it into combat, I encountered a problem. For example, golduck's attack amnesia does 20 ...
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Do benched Pokemon heal?
I'm trying to learn Pokemon TCG so I can play with my kids; and I'm trying to figure out whether benched Pokemon heal or not? If so: are there any constraints ("healing rate", etc.) which apply to ...
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Does Mewtwo-EX's Damage Change exchange or move damage counters?
Mewtwo-EX from BREAKthrough has a Damage Change attack:
Damage Change
Switch all damage counters on this Pokémon with those on your opponent's Active Pokémon.
The Damage Change attack states ...
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Pokemon Gliscor GL 62/111
I have a Gliscor card from the Rising Rivals Pokemon set which says it's an 'Elite Four's Pokemon' but on the top left-hand side it's written GL (Gym Leader) instead of the usual Elite Four icon (see ...
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Does Incineroar's ability, Strong Cheer, affect attacks that normally deal no damage?
I have a benched Incineroar (Unbroken Bonds 29) with Strong Cheer ability.
Strong Cheer
Your Pokémon's attacks do 30 more damage to your opponent's Active Pokémon (before applying Weakness and ...
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what happens to an injured pokemon shuffled back into the deck
Heracross can perform an attack which forces the opponent to »shuffle his active pokemon back into his deck«.
What happens if this pokemon is already injured? I did not find the rules adequate about ...
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Defeating Final Evolution Pokemon
I'm a very new player to the Pokemon TCG, and have picked up two themed decks to play with (Ultra Prism).
So far in my experience however it seems that if one player gets their active Pokemon to its ...
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What's a good item card to get water energy out of a deck in pokemon?
I'm trying to make a deck for my Blastoise but I can't find/figure out what good item /pokemon card to draw water energy from my deck. This is my main card.
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Can I play basic attacks of an evolved Pokemon?
If I have evolved a Pokemon by placing a Stage 1 or Stage 2 card on top of it, can I play attacks from the basic form?
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How can I defend against Pokémon Cinccino “Fluffy Tail”
I’m trying to learn how to play the Pokémon tcg and can’t find an answer that makes sense online. My opponent used Cinccino’s Fluffy Tail attack, which does 30 damage, and also puts the defending ...
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What type of Pokémon coins are these?
I have no idea where they came from or what they are, if any one knows I would greatly appreciate an answer.
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When do you flip a coin for conditions
I understand that you flip a coin to check if a pokemon wakes up. Assume that my son puts my active Pokémon to sleep (he has a Litwick which does this very easily). At the end of his turn do I get to ...
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Pokemon cards with the same name and different features
I have noticed that some Pokémon have the same name but different features (be it hit points, attacks or abilities). How does this work? I am accustomed to card games where the same card, even with ...
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Are effects from attacks mandatory or optional?
Very new Pokémon tcg player (father trying to learn the rules here).
I wonder if the effects of an attack are mandatory or optional. Like I have a Alolan Sandslash whose Smash Turn attack (requires ...
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Pokémon attacks which deal no damage
I am learning to play pokemon tcg since my 7yo kid is interested into it and with his friends play a completely random version of the rules. At least I can try to give him some meaning and have fun in ...
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What is the difference between add damage counters and attack damage
On Dusclops(Flashfire 39/106), on the moved cursed drop it says that i can put 4 damage counters on my opponent's pokemon in any way I like. What is the difference from saying this as in do 40 damage ...
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How should damage counters be put on a Pokémon?
Who gets to choose how damage counters get put on, or are there rules for it?
I have a Primeape with the attack:
Karate Chop
Does 80 damage minus 10 damage for each damage counter on this ...
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Pokemon TCG: is there a way to remove energy from your own pokemon?
I'm starting to get into Pokemon TCG with my daughter and after the first few games I already have some questions to which I cannot find an answer in the official rulebook. One of them is - is there a ...
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Can Alolan Muk use Tri Hazard GX attack even if opponent has no benched Pokémon?
If the opponent only has the Active Pokémon left and no benched one, can the Tri Hazard GX attack still be used even if there is nobody on the bench?
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How does the whole EX/GX thing work? (Pokemon TCG)
So I'm new to the Pokemon TCG, atleast when learning how to play the game itself. I've gotten confused to what distinguishes EX and GX cards. I looked it up and all I found was that GX are majorly ...
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How to defeat Alolan Nintales with Guzzlord-GX deck [closed]
I play the Pokémon TCG, and this is the deck I run:
3x Guzzlord-GX
4x Talonflame (Steam Seige 96)
1x Bridget
3x Wishful Baton
2x Repel
47x Darkness energy
In theory, this is how the deck should work:...
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Pokémon energy cards with circled numbers
I have these Grass type energy cards in my collection, they're from 2017, fairly new. But I have no idea why they're numbered. I can't even remember where I got them from. The numbers are on each card ...
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Can You Play Two Search Cards at Once in Competitive Play
Say I have two Profrssor’s Letters which allow me to search for two basic energy cards then shuffle my deck afterwards. In competitive play, are you able to play two of those cards or similar cards at ...
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In the Pokémon TCG, is there a combination of cards that prevents you from milling out?
One way to lose in the Pokémon TCG is to have no cards left to draw at the beginning of your turn.
Is there an combination of cards that prevents you from ever running out of cards to draw?
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